step up

英 [step ʌp]

美 [step ʌp]

增加（数量）; 提高（速度、强度等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 增加(数量等);提高(速度、强度等)
  If youstep upsomething, you increase it or increase its intensity.
  1. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia...
     他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
  2. Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence...
     正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动。
  3. There are reports of stepped-up fighting in El Salvador.
     有报道称萨尔瓦多的战斗已经升级。

英英释义

verb

• increase in extent or intensity
  1. The Allies escalated the bombing
  Synonym:escalateintensify
• speed up
  1. let's rev up production
  Synonym:rev up
• make oneself visible
  1. Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
  Synonym:come to the forestep forwardcome forwardstep to the forecome out

双语例句

• He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia
  他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
• Fears of a possible faltering of the recovery forced the government to step up stimulus spending.
  对经济复苏可能步履维艰的恐惧，迫使政府加大了刺激性支出的力度。
• Step up double cropping and livestock-crop integration.
  增加套种和禽畜-作物一体化。
• The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.
  会议以承诺加快这一地区六国间的合作而结束。
• We'll do all we can to step up our aid to our fraternal countries.
  我们将尽力加强对兄弟国家的援助。
• We made every effort to step up the building of our artillery and engineer corps.
  我们做了极大努力加速炮兵及工兵部队的建设。
• So American magazine editors, I plead to you: It's time to step up your game.
  美国的杂志编辑们，我恳求你们：是迎头赶上的时候了。
• But imagine that she should step up and down the two floors of steep stairs everyday.
  想像一下，她每天要上下两个楼层陡峭的楼梯。
• We should step up worldwide energy dialogue and cooperation, jointly maintain energy security and energy market stability.
  应该加强全球能源对话和合作，共同维护能源安全和能源市场稳定；
• But different players step up – maybe it is not one player but we share the responsibility.
  但不同的球员站了出来&也许无法一对一的顶替，但我们分担了责任。